Knitted cap and method of making the same



Jan. 5, 1954 w. E. scHuEsSLER KNITTED CAP AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Filed Feb. l5, 1952 1N V EN TOR.'

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Patented `Ian. 5, 1,9154

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE KNIT'IED CAP AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Walter E. Schuessler, Chicago, Ill.

Application February `15, 1952, Serial No. 271,778

3 Claims.

This invention relates to a knitted cap or hat.

In the forming of knitted caps, it is common to have seams extending all the way from the front to the back of the capI and also to have a plurality of seams terminating in the center of the cap. The vdifficulty with such structures is that the seams prevent the stretch of the knitted garment and form bulky and inelastic headgear portions. There has long been a need for a cap in which the seams do not extend from one side to the other and in which the seams employed are divergent and spaced from each other and terminate in the body of the cap, so that there are remaining portions which permit stretching of the cap over wide areas.

An object of the present invention is to produce the type of cap above described. A further object is to provide a knitted cap or hat in which the seams therein are relatively short and which are spaced or divergent from each other so that wide areas of the cap are free to stretch in the wearing of the cap. Yet another object is to provide a cap structure in which there is a short seam in the front portion of the cap and diverging seams at the rear of the cap, the diverging seams extending from a point at the rear of the cap and then laterally of the center of the cap. A still further object is to provide a means and method for forming a cap in lwhich a swatch which is uncut and which is provided with V- shaped recesses is combined to form a cap` as above described. Other specific objects and advantages will appear as the speciiication proceeds.

The invention is shown in an illustrative embodiment by the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cap embodying and formed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, a View similar to Fig. 1 but with the fur trim omitted; Fig. 3, a plan View of an uncut knitted swatch which I form preparatory to the stitching operation; and Fig. 4, a side view in elevation showing the cap as formed after stitching together the V-shaped recess portions of the swatch.

In the illustration given, I designates an uncut knitted swatch having at the front thereof a V-shaped recess I I, having side walls I2 and I3, and pointed portions I4 and I5. At the rear, there are formed V-shaped recesses I6 and I1, and the pointed portion I8 extends therebetween. The sides of the swatch forming the V-shaped recess I'I are indicated by the numerals I9 and 20, and the sides of the recess I6 are indicated by the numerals 2I and 22.

I prefer to knit the stitches along the front side of the cap, namely, along the points I4 and I5, and the sides I2 and I3 with tighter stitches than at the rear of the cap so as to cause these portions of the cap to cling tightly to the face of the wearer. However, it Will be understood that such tight stitching may be omitted, if desired.

In the stitching operation, I unite the side edges I2 and I3 by a central row of stitches indicated by the numeral 23. At the rear of the cap I unite the side edges I9 and 20 to close the recess II with a line of stitches indicated by the numeral 24. Similarly, I unite the side edges 2| and 22 to close the V-shaped recess I6 by a row of stitches 25.

As shown more clearly in- Figs. 1, 2 and 4, the seam 23 extends only a short distance inwardly from the front of the cap and terminates in the center free of other seams. The only other seams are those formed by the stitching 24 and the stitching 25, the Ilatter seams coming to a point at the rear center of the cap and then extending laterally so as to terminate at points widely separated from the central seam 23. With this structure, there are no continuous seams which limit the stretching. Each seam terminates in the open body of the knitted cap and at widely spaced points, so that the cap is free to stretch in all directions. Thus the inelasticity that results from the use or" seams is avoided by spreading the seams apart to provide elastic areas between their inner ends.

If desired, the cap may be provided with a fur trim or border 26, as illustrated in Fig. 1, or the cap may be left untrimmed, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

While in the foregoing specification, I have set forth a specific structure in considerable detail for the purpose of illustrating one embodiment of the invention, it will be understood that such details of structure may be varied widely by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim:

1. A knitted cap formed of a single knitted and uncut swatch having at the front thereof a V-shaped recess with pointed portions on either side and having at the rear spaced V-shaped recesses separated by a pointed portion, the length of said swatch being determined by the outer ends of said V-shaped recesses at the rear of the swatch, the sides of the recesses being stitched together to form a cap body with a central seam from the front terminating at the top of the cap and with seams extending in a diverging relation thereof and with pointed portions bordering said 5 recess and having the rear portion thereof provided with tWo spaced V-shaped recesses, the length of l`said swat'ch-` being deterr'nr'edf\"t y-v the outer ends of said Vshaped recesses at therear of the swatch, the sides of all of sa-id V-shaped 10 recesses being stitched together to form at the` rear of the cap seams which come together at-'theev base of the cap to form a V-shaped outline and with the inner ends of the seams extending in diverging relation along the sides offthe #Zzagiiandf -15 5 a central seam extending from the frontot theY cap and terminating in the center thereof lin spaced relation to the inner ends of said iiverg-f ng seams.

3. The method of forming a knitted cap, comprising knitting a swatch in the shape illustrated, with a single V-shaped recess in the front thereof and a pair of spaced V-shaped recesses in the rear thereof and having a length determined by the outer ends of said V-shaped recesses at the rear of the swatch, joining the side edges of the V'sliaped recessesl to provideaV seam Iextending fromthe-front and terminating near the center of the cap and to form rear seams extending from a point at the rear base and diverging laterallyro and spaced -from said central seam.

WALTER E. SCHUESSLER.

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